Skip to content

Politics Quotes by Joe Biden

44 Politics quotes by Joe Biden

All Politics quotes Joe Biden’s page

Joe Biden talks about how government should stay out of everyday choices while still protecting what matters. He says real change happens when ordinary people rise up, not just when officials act. He also shares optimism about a future where America works together, even when the nation feels divided.

Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet

There's no political point worth my son's life.

Image

Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive.

Image

One role of government is to go where venture capital won't.

Image

Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.

Image

As a matter of fact, I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.

Image

We're close friends - the American people, the Israeli people, our governments. There's absolutely no daylight - none - between us and…

Image

We can say, "if you want government money, you have to make this data public - you have to share it."

Image

A lot of people criticized me for speaking out, not long ago, about gay marriage. I could not remain silent any longer.…

Image

I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years. And I just focused almost exclusively on my initiatives…

Image

Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.

Image

“The senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then…

Image

Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government vision and…

Image

I must express my protest against continually increasing the debt without taking positive steps to slow its growth.

Image

And since our country's founding, we've tried to keep government's heavy hand out of our personal lives, while ensuring that we do…

Image

“you should not run for president because tactically you can win. The questions you have to ask are why you're running for…

Image

We [US government] have no fundamental disagreement with the Saudis - I mean, excuse me, with the Iraqis any more than we…

Image

I'm confident because of the - what we [USA government] call the strategic agreement we're now working on with them, we will…

Image

I am very optimistic about -- about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're…

Image

“For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community. For too long as a nation, we have…

Image

As you probably know, some American politicians and American journalists refer to Washington, DC as the "capital of the free world." But…

Image

“The conservatives could sneer about "social engineering" if they wanted, but I thought that most people believed as I did that government…

Image

“We must have public officials who will stand up and tell the people exactly what they think... Our failure in recent years…

Image

“Acknowledging that a woman's right to be safe from a gender-based attack was a "civil right," I believed, was critically important in…

Image

Politics is a damn expensive business. I had one hell of a time trying to raise money as a candidate. I had…

Image

“... in an airport in '64, Goldwater said, 'Well, keep punching, Hubert' during a chance meeting there. By the end of 1977,…

Image

“To my generation has now come the challenge. In the days to come we will be tested on whether we have the…

Image

“We all know - or at least we are told continuously - that we are a divided people. And we know there's…

Image

I believe all Americans are born with certain inalienable rights. As a child of God, I believe my rights are not derived…

Image

“Robert Bork, at opening of Judiciary hearings: How should a judge go about finding the law? The only legitimate way, in my…

Image

“He wanted me to understand two big things: First, that nobody, no group, is above others. Public servants are obliged to level…

Image

“the Democratic Party had failed (in 1983) 'to remember waht got us this far and how we got here -- moral indignation,…

Image

“quoting from Neil Kinnock, running against Thatcher in 1987: Why am I the first Kinnock in a thousand generations to be able…

Image

I don't expect the government to solve my problems, but at least I expect them to understand it.

Image

Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren't supposed to make money!

Image

If you do politics the right way, I believe, you can actually make people's lives better. And integrity is the minimum ante…

Image

No fundamental social change occurs merely because government acts. It's because civil society, the conscience of a country, begins to rise up…

Image

“My rights are not derived from any government. My rights are not denied by any majority. My rights are because I exist.”

Image

I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to…

Image

For 70 years there's been a consensus among scholars and the American people on a reading to the Constitution that protects the…

Image

We have to make sure that not only we [politicians] actually focus on, but the entire nation knows we're focusing on, growth…

Image

Other authors on Politics

More by Joe Biden

Success will come when the societal attitude changes and not a single woman in America asks herself the question 'What did I do?'.

I always kid the president in different circumstances. Mr. President, a country's never going to be more optimistic than the president.

Anybody who pretends that how you read the 10th and 11th Amendment doesn't have a fundamental impact on the things we care about is…

“He wanted me to understand two big things: First, that nobody, no group, is above others. Public servants are obliged to level with everybody,…

Don't hold against me that I don't own - that I don't own a single stock or bond. Don't hold it - I have…

“True bravery is when there is very little chance of winning, but you keep fighting.”

No public funding for abortion; it imposes a view.

I've known and continue to know every one of these major world leaders by their first names, and I have access to them.

We are working to deploy a powerful new radar network with American early warning systems,

I'm joking, I'm joking. Best decision I ever made.

Somalis have made my city of Wilmington, Delaware, [their home] on a smaller scale. There is a large, very identifiable Somali community, i might…

“And don’t any of you, by the way, any of you guys vote Republican. I’m not supposed to say, this isn’t political. …don’t come…

We also wanted to change the story - change the approach to the 21st century on energy, on education, on transportation, on infrastructure, generally,…

The spirit of Thanksgiving rests in our recognizing the blessings in our lives, and as we all take stock, I hope you will join…

The president has a big stick.